THE GALACTIC SENATE

to u'all!!! I was at the exi on the second last day to try and escape d crowds ! It was really a great time for me. I was especially impressed by all the scale models present! As an ardent modeller of military vechiles, i particularly found the massive star destroyer 'Devestator'(If im not wrong, from episode 4) at the entrance to be a masterpiece. There is no model of the 'Devastator' on the market dat i know off, so it must have been entirely scratchbuilt ! Such a large scale would involve hundreds of hours to weather and detail such a subject, especially the 'stacked blocks' superstructure! It definately was a work of art, especially the detail and the washes the modeller used to highlight all the panels! Just want to say great job to the modeller!

Are you talking about the Imperial-Class Star Destroyer?

Commander Faie wrote:Are you talking about the Imperial-Class Star Destroyer?

i think he is. i believe Devastator is the name of Darth Vader's Star Destroyer in ANH?

jemDconqueror wrote:Such a large scale would involve hundreds of hours to weather and detail such a subject, especially the 'stacked blocks' superstructure! It definately was a work of art, especially the detail and the washes the modeller used to highlight all the panels! Just want to say great job to the modeller!

that would be ILM

Yea...i love the huge model. It's priceless...sad to see it leave singapore.....

Yep the Executor (Super SD) is Darth Vader's flagship in EP5, which was completed only prior to EP5. However, before EP5, his flagship was the Exactor (Imperator-Class SD) in the novel Dark Lord: The Rise of DV, & the Devastator (Imperial-Class SD) in EP4.

So vader upgrades his Imperial Class Star Destroyer by moving to the newly built executer...cool!

ISD-I
triple vectrals on primary thruster nozzles
no protruding observation nodules on command tower
main bay: 8 transverse ribs on the long walls
secondary bay: hangar on aft wall
device akin to linear array struts is mounted on command tower forward face
huge quad cannons in the minor brim trench notches
stern triangular keel plating is further astern
tower support neck meets hull with a vertical surface
main turrets: six doublet heavy turbolaser batteries; two doublet ion cannons





ISD-IIring baffles on primary thruster nozzles
some bridge windows possibly visible on command tower
bridge panorama situated beneath thick vertical feature
main bay: 7 transverse ribs on the long walls
secondary bay: hangar on forward wall
no obvious guns in the brim trench
stern triangular keel plating is closer to ventral bulb
tower support neck meets hull with a continuous diagonal surface
main turrets: eight octet turbolaser batteries
slightly different proportions for the main hull



ISD-I

The movies show two or three variants of this star destroyer. They are chiefly distinguished by the features of the command tower, hangar facilities, and the sublight drive nozzles...

The earliest known vessels seen resemble Devastator, Lord Vader's flagship during the time period surrounding the construction of the first Death Star.This ship shows little luxury, with a scarcity of viewports on the forward face of its command tower, and the bridge is well hidden and protected. The primary thruster nozzles each feature triple baffle vanes, presumably for more effectively vectoring thrust particles.




No later than three years afterwards, a slightly different model of destroyer was used in Lord Vader's fleet, escorting the great command ship Executor.On this ship the linear array atop the bridge tower was almost always seen sitting entirely below the level of the scanner globes in a horizontal orientation. The triple-baffles on the primary thrust nozzles were replaced by a more slender ring baffle.[



ISD-II as seen in action over Hoth